Re: What is the meaning of # and $ characters in database object names?

ricforduk_at_yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> Around 1984 Oracle 2 was released under RSX/11M. RSX/11M was the
> precursor to VAX/VMS and made heavy use of $ for reserved symbols.
> (For example, in modern VMS, $STATE, $SEVERITY etc.) I believe the
> early Oracle developers adopted this convention for their own 'reserved
> symbols' - but placed the $ at the end of string just to be different.
>
> Anyone else remember IOR C?

I'm positive I worked on O3 in 1983 on V3 VMS. $ was definitely a DECism for system things. On RSTS/E, it meant the system account, [1,2] IIRC. Don't know about #, although it has meanings on many systems, including rubout.

jg

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